The XXVIIIth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ends today in Beijing, China. One of the largest astronomy meetings ever held, it saw a pot pourri of frontline astronomy ...

Light pollution—the needless shining of bright lights into the night sky—has robbed whole generations of the chance to see nature on its largest scale. It is estimated that as many as eighty percent ...

Stellar astronomy and planetary systems form a cornerstone of astrophysical research, uniting our understanding of the life cycles of stars with the intricate architecture of the systems that form ...

Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) pixel sensors represent a pivotal technological advance in X‐ray astronomy, integrating a high-resistivity sensor layer with advanced CMOS circuitry on a single chip. This ...